A.machine, Hp.Art.42; mechanical device, Arist.Mech.848a36; esp. engine of war, used in sieges, mostly in pl., D.18.87, Plb.1.48.2, Plu.Marc.14, etc.
II. subtle contrivance, freq. in Trag., as A.Pr.469,989; of the robe in which Agamemnon was entangled, Id.Ch.981; “λόγου μ. ποικίλον” S. OC762; “τὰ Ἥρας μ.” E.HF855; “οὐδενὶ μηχανήματιοὐδ᾽ ἀπάτῃ” Antipho 5.22; “τὰ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους μ.” X.Cyr.1.6.38; πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος τῆς ἀρχῆς ib. 8.6.17; “μ. εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι τοῖς νόμοις” Id.Lac.8.5; “δεῖ μηχανήματός τινος ὅπως τὰ . . χρήμαθ᾽ ἕξω” Ar.Ec.872.